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[Taghkanic]

My new storage solution for my THC starburst solids and H-mold collections may not be to everyone’s taste, but I am pretty pleased with the result.

After looking at a ton of options from flat files to rolling hardware tool chests to high-end furniture, I found this old industrial cabinet on wheels at a local antiques/junk shop for $150.

It was pretty filthy, needing both a lot of wire brushing of rust and overall cleaning. But I realized the moment I saw it that the short drawers would clear a chip rack, fitting 600 per drawer; and the taller ones would take two courses, or 1,200 per drawer, for a total possible capacity of nearly 11,000 chips. (Room to grow... Scary.)

I lined the bottom of each with a foam/rubber material from Lowe’s, trimmed to fit. (~$20)

In trimmed and painted 1” and 3/4” square dowels to use as runners in each drawer, so that three racks fit snugly side-by-side widthwise. (Cost: About $50 for wood and paint.)

Four drawer fronts were painted a color I didn’t like, so I spray-painted them a contrasting silver.

Here’s the cabinet... Drawer pics to follow.

 

[Taghkanic]

Unfortunately this set of pics somehow looks like it was shot through a vaselined lens, but FWIW:

 

[Taghkanic]

The road I live on is named Hoyle, so I use these basic cards because it’s like getting cheap customized ones..

 

[Taghkanic]

One of the advantages of this particular cabinet is that the drawers pull out easily, and with six racks each is a manageable weight. So when setting up the game, I don’t actually have to either pic chips from the cabinet then carry them, or remove the racks... I can just bring the drawers to the tables.

This pic also somewhat more clearly shows the painted wooden spacers.

 

[Taghkanic]

Not pictured: A flip-down drawer on top, which is where I keep my active decks (four at a time, plus six replacement decks) and various other game gear.

 

[Taghkanic]

Lastly: As far as the ChipCo 4200 racks from Unique go... They have a great build quality. However, as should be apparent from the photos, while all of my Paulsons fit a barrel comfortably in each course, there is a little wiggle room on virtually all of them. Only a few barrels fit really snugly.

There’s quite a bit of variation, as far as how much they fill out the space, though I have very few chips with significant wear.

Ditto the ASMs.

 

[allforcharity]

Interesting idea. There's a local "antique" dealer that I know of, they've got lots of industrial style furniture including apothecary-type drawer unit cabinets. I should probably check them out.

 

[Taghkanic]

I was very close to pulling the trigger on a fancier option—a tall dresser with narrow drawers from a catalog company. I was then going to buy covered metal dealer trays to put in each drawer, so I could easily transport 500-600 chips at a time from storage to a table. But this wound up being about 25% of the cost, and with more character.

 

[SuckoutKing]

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My new storage solution for my THC starburst solids and H-mold collections may not be to everyone’s taste, but I am pretty pleased with the result.

After looking at a ton of options from flat files to rolling hardware tool chests to high-end furniture, I found this old industrial cabinet on wheels at a local antiques/junk shop for $150.

It was pretty filthy, needing both a lot of wire brushing of rust and overall cleaning. But I realized the moment I saw it that the short drawers would clear a chip rack, fitting 600 per drawer; and the taller ones would take two courses, or 1,200 per drawer, for a total possible capacity of nearly 11,000 chips. (Room to grow... Scary.)

I lined the bottom of each with a foam/rubber material from Lowe’s, trimmed to fit. (~$20)

In trimmed and painted 1” and 3/4” square dowels to use as runners in each drawer, so that three racks fit snugly side-by-side widthwise. (Cost: About $50 for wood and paint.)

Four drawer fronts were painted a color I didn’t like, so I spray-painted them a contrasting silver.
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Here’s the cabinet... Drawer pics to follow.

Love your new chip cabinet! But the pink arm is kinda creepy

 

[Taghkanic]

Love your new chip cabinet! But the pink arm is kinda creepy

It’s a sculpture by an artist I know. (The middle finger is a bullet, but that’s not visible in the pic.)